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help with squats

i only just realised why everyone is mentioning wrist pain

i didn't specify how i hold the bar. i hold the bar cross armed. so i don't actually hold the bar, it is resting on my shoulders and my hands lie on top of it (see second pic on page 3). so while this does cause a little bit of discomfort resting on my shoulders, it does not put any pressure/strain whatsoever on my wrist
 
I don't know much about the front squat. Everytime I have seen an experienced and serious lifter doing them, they always have their hands on the bar, not cross armed. I think it would be far better for balance and it will improve your flexibility as well.

It will be interesting to see what Markos, Nick and Fadi have to say. Afterall Fadi had a VERY strong front squat.
 
i have taken to lots of wrist stretching as yes the wrists do get a little sore, i make sure there is plenty of stretching done on the wrists before, during and after frotn squats or cleans
 
Josh_GTiR said:
I don't know much about the front squat. Everytime I have seen an experienced and serious lifter doing them, they always have their hands on the bar, not cross armed. I think it would be far better for balance and it will improve your flexibility as well.

It will be interesting to see what Markos, Nick and Fadi have to say. Afterall Fadi had a VERY strong front squat.
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How do you ohld the bar when grab a clean?
 
I thought that is what you were getting at. I was actually going to go on and say that, but I am not sure on the OP's intentions.
 
Kyle Aaron said:
I say, choose one person and listen to them. Listening to several gets too confusing...
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this is exactly what am i doing and is what i mentioned in my post. i have chosen Fadi's program (again for reasons mentioned in my post) and i am going to stick with it. it is only 6 weeks and i'm sure i could do with the fitness work.

however, this doesn't mean that you can't still learn from what other people have to offer as well. obviously, i am not going to do one program for a week, then give up and do a totally different style for another week and so on.
 
n00bs said:
So how do you front squat?

Not with arms crossed ;)
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i don't currently have the flexibility in... (umm.. actually not sure where, shoulders maybe?) to hold the weight in my hands with my elbows up. when i was studying personal training, we got shown how to do an olympic lift, i think it was the clean and jerk from memory. and i couldn't hold the bar properly on my shoulders/neck. my elbows were very low (instead of up high, parallel to the ground).

i'm not actually sure what the inflexibility issue is, or what stretches i would need to perform to fix this issue.

if anyone knows what this might be or how to fix it, it would be greatly appreciated :)
 
stretching triceps helps a heap. i find standing next to bar while in the rack put your elbow on the bar so your hand is back on ya shoulder then push down on the bar with elbow to stretch triceps and shoulder,
 
pistachio said:
i don't currently have the flexibility in... (umm.. actually not sure where, shoulders maybe?) to hold the weight in my hands with my elbows up. when i was studying personal training, we got shown how to do an olympic lift, i think it was the clean and jerk from memory. and i couldn't hold the bar properly on my shoulders/neck. my elbows were very low (instead of up high, parallel to the ground).

i'm not actually sure what the inflexibility issue is, or what stretches i would need to perform to fix this issue.

if anyone knows what this might be or how to fix it, it would be greatly appreciated :)
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I might be on the same boat as you mate.

I am extremely inflexible and was struggling with my squat form for a while now. The only way for me to even remotely get down to parallel is with a relatively wide stance and plates under my heels.

Any recommendations for specific stretches/mobility drills for squatting would be greatly appreciated.
 
Pistachio, I wasnt offering to help you, I'm not remotely interested in helping you, stick with Fadi, I was just making a point.
 
Jas0n said:
I might be on the same boat as you mate.

I am extremely inflexible and was struggling with my squat form for a while now. The only way for me to even remotely get down to parallel is with a relatively wide stance and plates under my heels.

Any recommendations for specific stretches/mobility drills for squatting would be greatly appreciated.
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Read the thread.

Its all answred in my first few posts.
 
NPR said:
Read the thread.

Its all answred in my first few posts.
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G'day NPR.

I've read the thread and did take into consideration all your replies and advice. I was wondering however if you could recommend specific exercises to improve flexibility on these areas.

Thank you.


Kyle,

I must have missed your post mate. Very good video, thank you.

His advice is very sound, unfortunately I think it might be too advanced for me at the moment as I suspect I lack the foundational flexibility required. My back is starting to round just above parallel.
 
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